Attorney Erin E. McGaughey

Erin E. McGaughey joined Soreff Law in Seattle, Washington in July 2009. Erin handles matters before the U.S. immigration courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and U.S. Consulates abroad. She primarily represents:

clients in removal proceedings (including people detained at the Northwest Detention Center),

Erin is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild.

She was the co-chair of the New Members Division of the AILA Washington chapter for the 2011/2012 term. She is currently serving as the Vice-Chair of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Committee for the Washington AILA chapter.

In March 2013, Erin spoke at the AILA Regional program on “Atypical Adjustments”. She has twice presented at the AILA Washington Chapter’s monthly meeting.

Erin obtained her B.A. from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and her law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. She is proficient in Spanish.